Detachable closure and spout for containers



Nov. 23, 1937. R H, LEHEw DBTACHABLE CLOSURE AND SPOUT FOR CONTAINERS Filed April 8, 1936 Patented Nov. 23, 1937 V l UNITED STATS PATET OFFiE BETAGHABLE CLOSURE AND SPOUT FOR CONTAINERS Robert H. Lehew, Highland Park, Mich.

Application April 8, 1936, Serial No. 73,245

3 Claims. (01. 221-23) My invention relates to detachable closures and other end a downwardly extending U-shaped porspouts more particularly applicable to metal contion 5, the outer leg 6 of which is continuous with tainers of the type employed for condensed milk, the portion 3, while the inner leg I has its upper syrups, beer, and similar products, and its princifree end so formed as to resiliently engage the rim pal object is to provide means whereby the conand at the same time to yieldingly press the por- 5 tents of the container may be more conveniently tion 4 against the said rim. dispensed. It will be observed that the engagement of the According to the present practice in handling container by the members 4 and 1, respectively,

, products of the character referred to, two holes occurs at diametrically opposed points upon the 10 are punched in the lid of the container at diaperiphery of the rim 2|. The portion 4, however, 10 metrically opposedpoints, one of the said holes is hollowed out as indicated at 4| in Figure 3 so being used for pouring out the contents, while the that the actual contact with the rim takes place other hole is employed for the admission of atmosat points 42 in the same figure. Since then, the, pheric pressure in order to facilitate the pouring engagement of the member I with the rim is tanaction. After these holes have been made, the. gential, it follows that the device as a whole has a 15 contents are discharged by tipping the container three point bearing upon the rim so that it may be to the required extent but the said contents, not rotated around the axis of the container without being guided in any way, are splashed out in an becoming detached therefrom. irregular and untidy manner. The member 3 is provided at 3| with a stiffen- When a portion only of the contents is dising rib which extends partially along the outer charged in the manner above described, the residface of the leg 6, and upon the center line of the ual contents are exposed to contamination by the member 3 are the openings 32, 33, the former entrance of dust and dirt through the openings as serving for the pouring operation while the latter well as to the attacks: of flies, ants, and other inserves as the air inlet. Secured to the upper face M5 sects, so that it is often necessary to discard the of the member 3 by soldering, spot-welding or container while a portion of the contents is still other means is a disc 8 which surrounds the openretained therein. According to the present ining 32 and has in itself a corresponding opening. vention I have provided a device which is easily The disc 8 has upwardly turned edges Bl which and quickly applied to and detached from a con- "form a spout, the width of which tapers, the 5m tainer, the said device having thereupon a spout wider part being positioned toward the center through which the contents may be conveniently of the container while the narrower part extends poured, and being at the same time adapted to beyond its periphery as indicated at 82.

form a closure for the openings and thus protect In operation the device, being held by the the contents while being stored. U-shaped portion 5 which serves as a handle, is With these and other objects in View I will now placed over the container with the portion 4 endescribe a preferred embodiment of my said ineasing the rim 2|, and the handle portion is D vention with reference to the accompanying drawpressed down until the member 1 snaps over and ing in whichengages the rim. Due to ,the three point contact Figure lisafragmentary vertical sectional view of the device with the rim of the container, it taken upon the center line, showing the upper will be now located substantially coincident with portion of a container having my device applied the axis. Holes are now punched in the cover 2, thereto. using the openings 32, 33 as guides, so that when Figure 2 is a plan view of the same. the container is tipped in the proper direction Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation taken the contents will be discharged through the on line 33 of Figure 1, and opening 32 and over the spout and will emerge 45 Figure 4 is a similar elevation taken on line 4-4 from the opening 82 of the spout. After the reof Figure 1. quired quantity has been discharged, the device Like characters designate corresponding parts is rotated around the axis of the container until throughout the several views. it occupies the position indicated in broken lines 5 I is the barrel of the container having the usual at 3A in Figure 2, in which position the solid porcover 2, and 3 is the body of my device which contions of the member 3 will cover the openings in sists essentially of a fiat strip of steel or other the container and protect the remaining conresilient material having at one end a downwardly tents from damage as above stated.

and inwardly extending projection 4 adapted to While I have herein described and shown a engage the rim 2! of the container and at the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be I claim and desire to secure readily understood that the same may be modified in'various ways to suit any particular requirements without departing from the spirit of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus'described mysaid invention, what by Letters Patent of the United States is: i I

1. The combination, With a container having in its cover a pair of diametrically opposedopenings; of afiat' resilient strip of, metal adapted to V engageithe peripheryof said containen'said strip having a pair of openings adapted to coincide with said first-mentioned openings and being of sufiicient width to form a closure'for-said first V mentioned openings when said strip is rotated about the axis of said container, said strip being provided upon its upper surface with a member mentioned openings when said strip is rotated about theaxis of said container. I

V 2 The combination, with a container having in its cover a pair of diametrically opposed openings, of a flat resilient strip of metal adapted to engage the periphery of said container, said strip having apair of openings adapted to coincide with'said first-mentioned openings and being of suflicient widthto'forma closureforsaid firstmentioned openings when said strip is rotated last-mentioned openings and having a pair of upstanding convergent walls [adapted to; form a spout. V a

' about the axis of said container, said strip being] 3. The combination, with a container having in its cover a pair of diametrically opposed openings, of .a fiatiresilients'trip'of metal zadapted'to having a pair of openings adapted to coincide 1 engage the periphery of said container; said strip a with said first-mentioned openings and being of v sufiicient width to form a closure for said firsthaving an opening coincident with one of said "last-mentionedopenings and having a pair of upstanding convergent. walls adapted to form'a spout projecting outwardly ery of said container. r r V V V. V 'ROBERT'H.

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